Hamlet Act I Scene II

• Claudius is the king and was old Hamlet's brother, now he married the widow queen (young Hamlet's mother)
• he tells everyone to grieve, but move on from the king's death
• "[aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind."
• Hamlet's first line of the play
• situational irony
• audience knows something to be true when other characters don't
• like when Julius Caesar went to the place to be killed
• Claudius is his uncle but not his dad
• he's not too crazy about Claudius
• Hamlet isn't going to let Claudius in
• Hamlet says what actually happens isn't what it seems
• you can act sad but aren't
• he's calling other people out for going through the motions and not really caring
• you cant understand his feelings by looking at him
• visage: facial expression
• Claudius tells him that he's next in line for the throne, but he wants him to stay home and not return to school
• he had just told Lairtes that he could
• Hamlet's first monologue
• "Hyperion to a satyr"
• he doesn't want to be there
• he's really, really angry
• he'd kill himself out of wanting to leave the situation because he's so mad having to see it all- not sadness
• angry at his mother for marrying his uncle
• too quick
• means that she didn't love older Hamlet that much
• betrayal to old and young Hamlets
• he's judging Claudius and his mother
• "Within a month" repeated
• Horatio and Marcellus come to tall Hamlet about the ghost
• Hamlet is very investigative
• dispassionate and interested in details
• logical and matter of fact
• as a prince he approaches them mature and humble
• shows his character, indirect characterization
• he's trusting of their information
• this shows how Hamlet can go from a monologue full of his emotions, rage and anger, to hiding that and being cool and calm
• he wants to see the ghost
• Polonius is maulipulative
• The queen's allegiance is with powe
• Hamlet can by portrayed in so many different ways

Does he not like his mother anymore? Did he before?
Was Hamlet somewhere before returning to the castle? Did he leave school for his father's funeral?
Is Hamlet going to have to adjust being back in the castle?

I really like young Hamlet. I can connect with how he can say a lot and feel a lot on the inside, but change gears. At the moment I'm not doing too well at hiding it.